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# You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... (2026): cast and crew

25 cast and 26 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Martin Short](https://film.one/person/martin-short.md) as Self / Jeffrey
- [Eugene Levy](https://film.one/person/eugene-levy.md) as Self / Herb / Jesus
- [Victor Garber](https://film.one/person/victor-garber.md) as Self / Jesus
- [Andrea Martin](https://film.one/person/andrea-martin.md) as Self / Robin
- [Jayne Eastwood](https://film.one/person/jayne-eastwood.md) as Self / Sonia
- [Valda Aviks](https://film.one/person/valda-aviks.md) as Self / Peggy
- [Avril Chown](https://film.one/person/avril-chown.md) as Self / Joanne
- [Rudy Webb](https://film.one/person/rudy-webb.md) as Self / Lamar
- [Paul Shaffer](https://film.one/person/paul-shaffer.md) as Self
- [Stephen Schwartz](https://film.one/person/stephen-schwartz.md) as Self
- [Dave Thomas](https://film.one/person/dave-thomas-61961.md) as Self
- [Don Scardino](https://film.one/person/don-scardino.md) as Self
- Gilda Radner as Self (archive footage)
- Gerry Salsberg as Self (archive footage)
- [Mike Myers](https://film.one/person/mike-myers.md) as Self
- [Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://film.one/person/lin-manuel-miranda.md) as Self
- [Heidi Gardner](https://film.one/person/heidi-gardner.md) as Self
- James Austin Johnson as Self
- [Janeane Garofalo](https://film.one/person/janeane-garofalo.md) as Self
- Gary Gulman as Self
- [Catherine O'Hara](https://film.one/person/catherine-ohara.md) as Self (archive footage)
- [John Candy](https://film.one/person/john-candy.md) as Self (archive footage)
- [Harold Ramis](https://film.one/person/harold-ramis.md) as Self (archive footage)
- [Dan Aykroyd](https://film.one/person/dan-aykroyd.md) as Self
- Valri Bromfield as Self

## Directing

- [Nick Davis](https://film.one/person/nick-davis-1637633.md): Director

## Writing

- [Nick Davis](https://film.one/person/nick-davis-1637633.md): Writer
- [Jane Mendelsohn](https://film.one/person/jane-mendelsohn.md): Writer

## Production

- [Nick Davis](https://film.one/person/nick-davis-1637633.md): Producer
- [Sue Turley](https://film.one/person/sue-turley.md): Producer
- [Judd Apatow](https://film.one/person/judd-apatow.md): Executive Producer
- Sally Klingenstein Martell: Executive Producer
- Teresa Tsai: Executive Producer
- Glenn Kaino: Executive Producer
- Stephanie Hannon: Executive Producer
- Stephanie Holder Kotton: Executive Producer
- Ryan Kotton: Executive Producer
- Stark D. Kirby Jr.: Executive Producer
- [Jane Mendelsohn](https://film.one/person/jane-mendelsohn.md): Executive Producer
- [Tom Powers](https://film.one/person/tom-powers-1096803.md): Producer
- Bonnie Comley: Producer
- Stewart F. Lane: Producer
- Josh Church: Producer
- Jan Gura: Producer
- Zachary Hausman: Producer
- Kinder Labatt: Producer

## Camera

- [Wolfgang Held](https://film.one/person/wolfgang-held.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Doug Abel](https://film.one/person/doug-abel.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Stephen Schwartz](https://film.one/person/stephen-schwartz.md): Music
- [Brian Jones](https://film.one/person/brian-jones-5689233.md): Music
- [Timo Elliston](https://film.one/person/timo-elliston.md): Music

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